Introduction

Kannada is the language predominant in the state of Karnataka in India.
It is also the language that we, the Kamats are most familiar with. To
mark the celebration of the World Millennium Kannada Conference (held in
September 2000 in Houston), I asked my mother Dr. Jyotsna Kamat, a
passionate student of ancient Kannada literature to trace the History
of the Kannada Language for a special feature at Kamat's Potpourri.

We begin with the section on the history of the language and hope to
present commentaries on some of the greatest works in the language.